Topic: Don't let the dogs out!

Do not leave your pets outside during the solar eclipse. One glimpse at a partial eclipse will permanently damage your pets' eyes. I am surprised how many of my dog-training clients having considered this avoidable danger.

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Re: Don't let the dogs out!

I saw on the news that animals have the good sense not to look. When it gets dark, they don't look up at the sun and wonder why it's covered. Nevertheless, if you can bring your animals inside, why not do so? Avoids any unintended glances.

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I saw on the news that Marilyn Johnson has issued her entire menagerie (including Lil' Sebastian) with sun-block and dark glasses.

...whilst I nailed all of my neighborhood pets to a plank and pointed them directly at the sun, by way of experiment.

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4 Reply by Marilyn Johnson (edited by Marilyn Johnson 2017-08-17 16:58:20)

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Dill Carver wrote:

I saw on the news that Marilyn Johnson has issued her entire menagerie (including Lil' Sebastian) with sun-block and dark glasses.

...whilst I nailed all of my neighborhood pets to a plank and pointed them directly at the sun, by way of experiment.

ROFLMAO!  Dill Carver, last time you took on my critters you caused me to be a contest winner!  That being the case, I shall buy a lottery ticket just before the eclipse because my 40+ animals and I live in the direct path of it. 

(I actually do provide sunblock for all my white-faced critters because they blister in the sun like humans do.) 

As per Nathan's warnings, it shall be hard to gather all my critters into a safe eclipse-watching place.  Now I know how Noah felt when he was building the ark.  "How we gonna do this, God?" 

And God replied, "No worry.  I am sending rain and storms that day, and the event shall go unnoticed by mere mortals such as yourself.  Oh, ye of such little faith."

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5 Reply by j p lundstrom (edited by j p lundstrom 2017-08-17 23:11:48)

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LOL
My dogs are in no danger--I'd have to wake them up and force them to get off my bed and go outside!

On the other hand, I heard on the news today that tourists' use of sunblock is causing a coral reef to die. Since I neither use sunblock nor visit any coral reefs, I disregarded most of the announcement, so I don't know where this dying reef is. Hawaii, maybe?

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